[vlc-devel] What to do about VLC scams?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le jeudi 24 février 2011 17:58:54 Jean-Baptiste Kempf, vous avez écrit :
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 04:54:37PM +0100, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote :
> > On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:51:18 +0100, Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org>
> > 
> > wrote:
> > >> It is also not unlikely to be interpreted as a violation of
> > >> distribution policies such as found in Fedora, Debian...
> > > 
> > > I couldn't care less...
> > 
> > Count me out of "your" VLC project from the day you set the policy then.
> 
> I don't see why Linux distribution should care about a policy on a
> Windows installer.

That's why I was asking. But the DFSG and some similar guidelines likely do 
not make any discrimination about the target operating system for practical 
and/or ideal reasons.

In fact, you may have the exact same problem drafting the trademark license.

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